Monthly Archives: May 2016

MANILA-Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can now enjoy tax and duty free balikbayan boxes as President Aquino signed into law the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) which increases the tax-exempt value of items sent by overseas Filipinos to their families back home. Under the CMTA

MANILA, May 31 (PNA) – Senator Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara thanked President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday for signing into law the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) which increases the tax-exempt value of items sent by the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to their families

CAMP RAVINA, Aurora, Philippines – This police camp, which has been criticized for being an eyesore, is finally undergoing rehabilitation. The fund for the rehabilitation, amounting to P1.3 million, came from the Philippine National Police (PNP). Aurora police director Senior Superintendent Danilo Florentino said their

BALER, Aurora – Aurora police director Senior Superintendent Danilo Florentino has announced that the Police Regional Office 3 Director Police Chief Superintendent Rudy G. Lacadin will be officially retired from the police force on Monday after 34 years in service. Florentino said that Lacadin visited the

BALER, Aurora – The longest bridge in the province has been damaged and will undergo retrofitting and repair amid concerns over its structural integrity. The 1.4-linear meter Aguang Bridge along the Baler-Casiguran Road in Barangay Reserva is being rehabilitated with reinforced concrete at a cost

BALER, Aurora, – Almost three weeks after securing a second term, Rep. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo on Friday lambasted what she termed as the outbreak of “money politics,” accusing her vanquished rival of resorting to massive vote-buying in the province in the May 9 elections.

BALER, Aurora — A concrete bridge constructed in the 1990s and said to be the province’s longest, has been severely damaged and is now being repaired amid concerns that if not repaired, it may collapse. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said the